Manchin: ‘I Will Not Vote’ for Court-Packing, Ending Filibuster if Dems Take Senate

[nortatoga]

Hope he stands his ground if the Senate goes 50/50.

Manchin: 'I Will Not Vote' for Court-Packing, Ending Filibuster if Dems Take Senate

On Monday's broadcast of the Fox News Channel's "Special Report," Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) vowed that he will not vote for packing the courts or ending the | Clips

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[drowhawk]

You can bet your bottom dollar we are f***ed on SCOTUS if Dems get the senate. They will rotate judges out, make it 100% liberal, and/or pack the court. The Dems are trying to eliminate every legal and peaceful avenue for conservatives to get a single thing they want. There is no compromise. Biden already said we are rejoining WHO, Paris climate accord, and more the first day he's in office. They're already writing the EO's. A Honda Civic is going to be a $100,000 car by the time inflation and new environmental regs hit. You won't be able to afford to heat your home. Gasoline? Forget it. It'll be like Canada- only the wealthy can afford to drive.

 

[Blimey]

I have predicted and stand by it that democrats will not pack the supreme court. It opens a can of worms even too slimy for them. It would be nice if they don't take the senate anyway so we don't need to worry about it.

 

[Packman297]

I read a very interesting prediction that Manchin will be switching his party affiliation to R before long. He has tons of leverage up until the runoff election in GA is decided. If he switches now, he can guarantee R control of the Senate and probably get himself a committee chair all at once.

 

[DrBleachCocktail]

You can bet your bottom dollar we are f***ed on SCOTUS if Dems get the senate. They will rotate judges out, make it 100% liberal, and/or pack the court. The Dems are trying to eliminate every legal and peaceful avenue for conservatives to get a single thing they want. There is no compromise. Biden already said we are rejoining WHO, Paris climate accord, and more the first day he's in office. They're already writing the EO's. A Honda Civic is going to be a $100,000 car by the time inflation and new environmental regs hit. You won't be able to afford to heat your home. Gasoline? Forget it. It'll be like Canada- only the wealthy can afford to drive.

Ehh I don’t think the Dems want to dig themselves a hole that deep. I could be wrong but yeah. If you’re correct, america is fucked, well it’s been fucked ever since they attacked the 1st and 2nd amendment. A lot of people won’t be able to afford a lot of stuff, sure Dems will be in control but once people start realizing what’s going on then welcome Revolution. Imagine a BLM “protest” but where everyone is getting fucked.

 

[BDinPutnam]

Well I see we're back to hating Executive Orders. That's progress at least.

 

[spat]

I have predicted and stand by it that democrats will not pack the supreme court. It opens a can of worms even too slimy for them. It would be nice if they don't take the senate anyway so we don't need to worry about it.

If they go that route it will be with the understanding that no other party will ever be able to gain control again.

They will not worry about what Republicans could do with that power. Their plan will be to make it impossible for them to ever get it.

 

[DrBleachCocktail]

If they go that route it will be with the understanding that no other party will ever be able to gain control again.

They will not worry about what Republicans could do with that power. Their plan will be to make it impossible for them to ever get it.

Democrats In Name Only?

 

[spat]

Democrats In Name Only?

I'm thinking single party state.

They're communists after all, and that's what they do.

They have a nominally democratic form of government, but only one functional party and all the real decisions are made by party leaders and not government officials.

 

[DrBleachCocktail]

I'm thinking single party state.

They're communists after all, and that's what they do.

They have a nominally democratic form of government, but only one functional party and all the real decisions are made by party leaders and not government officials.

Ahh I got you. Damn smh.

 

[Blimey]

I'm thinking single party state.

They're communists after all, and that's what they do.

They have a nominally democratic form of government, but only one functional party and all the real decisions are made by party leaders and not government officials.

I really do believe, and I don't mean necessarily now or next year, that our ultimate end point is either a single party authoritarian state in all but name OR civil war.

Current trajectory is just not good. I'm not sure how it can be corrected.

 

[Saltwater60]

You can bet your bottom dollar we are f***ed on SCOTUS if Dems get the senate. They will rotate judges out, make it 100% liberal, and/or pack the court. The Dems are trying to eliminate every legal and peaceful avenue for conservatives to get a single thing they want. There is no compromise. Biden already said we are rejoining WHO, Paris climate accord, and more the first day he's in office. They're already writing the EO's. A Honda Civic is going to be a $100,000 car by the time inflation and new environmental regs hit. You won't be able to afford to heat your home. Gasoline? Forget it. It'll be like Canada- only the wealthy can afford to drive.

I just have to ask this because I don’t know enough about it. If judges are appointed for life how can they rotate them out. You mean have two squads of nine judges and appoint nine liberal judges?

 

[spat]

I just have to ask this because I don’t know enough about it. If judges are appointed for life how can they rotate them out. You mean have two squads of nine judges and appoint nine liberal judges?

They will change the rules, that's how.

 

[drowhawk]

I just have to ask this because I don’t know enough about it. If judges are appointed for life how can they rotate them out. You mean have two squads of nine judges and appoint nine liberal judges?

Exactly. Biden apparently has some constitutional expert on his legal team that has stated there is some kind of constitutional precedent to it. Something along the lines of, "The appointment is for life but that doesn't mean they spend their entire career on SCOTUS."

 

[RBean]

The constitution does not say judges serve for life. Art III sec. 1 says judges "shall hold their offices during good behavior." Does this mean "for life"? I don't know. Can Congress set terms for judges? I don't know. The "custom" is they serve for life, but is this a constitutional requirement? I don't know. As far as I know it has never come up.

 

[RBean]

I wondered so I looked it up in Westlaw. I found one case that says "judges are guaranteed life tenure during periods of good behavior." Montanez v. U.S. SDNY 1964, 226 F. Supp 593, Aff. 371 F2d. 79. This was a federal judge. What would you expect him to say.

 

[ArmedCorgi]

Current trajectory is just not good. I'm not sure how it can be corrected.

A reset of our own. End the legacy media and corporate/political involvement in the press all together. Push for a States Convention to pass term limit and balanced budget amendments to the Constitution. Take some power away from the federal government. Shrinking a lot of the ABC agencies would be great too. Outlaw executive agencies ability to make administrative law. Only Congress can make law.

That might be a good start.